I can't say that I don't love it.
I hope you were sitting down when you read that last sentence.
Classes are going well. I love the hands-on ones; the boring, "informative" ones, mmm...not so much. Oh well. They're required, so it's not like I have a choice. One in particular has been a real struggle: Parenting.
I know nothing about being a parent, so how do you suppose my first exam in that class went?
Actually it wasn't that bad, but still.
September, all and all, was a pretty fabulous month, as it usually is. Here's my favorite goings-on:
1) I spent Labor Day Weekend with Granny and Papa Ray at the lake. We only got one day of fishing in as the weather wasn't being overly cooperative, but it was still pretty successful. This is the 40 inch Northern I landed...
He was a beaut.
2) I went home one weekend this month (hope you were sitting down when you read that one, too) and Gus, Dad, and I picked all of the potatoes out of the garden. Then Dad pulled this monster of a carrot out of the ground. I was so disappointed that I didn't have it together and get it over to Lancaster for the Fall Fest big vegetable contest...
3) Haley, Anna, and I went to this thing called outdoor skills day; it was fun! We got to shoot bow and they shot guns (I hate big guns, big no-no for me), and practiced fly fishing.
4) I went to Itasca with some friends for the day one weekend. In the morning, we went to the headwaters and checked out the trails and gift shop. After buying a bunch of food to grill, we realized we forgot charcoal, so we had to eat at this crappy, over-priced restaurant.
Yeah yeah, go ahead and make a joke about how women plan things, I don't care.
In the afternoon, we did *water sports* and went to the museum. It was a flipping blast, the weather was gorgeous, and we didn't tip the canoe.
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| CROSSING THE MISSISSIPPI HEADWATERS. |
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| YEAH I KNOW. TOMMY BOYING IT. |
6) And, instead of celebrating with her, Anna and I went down to the cities to watch the Vikings lose to the Browns.
Haha.
It's what you'd call the fork in the family tree.
7) It was reinforced in my life one night that it really does pay off to be pleasant to people. I was out at a bar and got hungry, so I went to order a pizza. The woman behind the counter asked me how I was and I said good, and I asked her how she was, and then I asked if it was too late to get a pizza. She said, "Yes, we close at 10. Sorry." So I told her that that was just fine and that I would get one next time. 20 minutes later she comes walking up to my table with a pizza and she said, "You were so friendly that I wanted to give you this." Obviously I was in shock because things like this never happen to me, so I gave her a big hug and argued with her about paying for it.
Seriously. A free pizza. After hours.
So, lesson learned, be nice to people, because it works to your advantage.
8) I went to this self-defense seminar. It was so fun! Now I can kick your rear end. So back off, creepy guys hiding in the bushes.
9) These were made on Saturday:
Salted caramel brownie bites and chocolate chip pumpkin cookies.
They're just terrible.
10) My best friend is up for Homecoming Queen here at UMC this week. And she's no stranger to the crown.
Good luck, Hales :)
Love,
Kalli
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